Anshu Meena

I joined PantryClub as a Full Stack web developer and quickly expanded my skills across multiple domains. This role 10x’d my knowledge and experience in everything. We built many tools and systems to run our business from scratch - a complete custom solution covering purchase orders, inventory, order processing, packaging, and shipping without using any external services.

I created a full-stack application using SolidStart and built web scrapers that use AI to extract meaningful data from other websites. I learned cloud deployment on Fly.io and dove into systems engineering and IoT development.

My most interesting project was creating a complete Linux distribution with a system daemon for Raspberry Pi that pulls orders from our system and automatically prints them. I wrote this in Zig using CUPS C libraries, following NASA’s 10 rules of coding and Tiger Style principles. When we deployed the ISO image, we received zero errors or complaints - it was rock solid.

I learned how to write effective, unbreakable, and maintainable code. We designed many systems and I built tools in multiple languages. I created an Auto GRV system that extracts products and quantities from invoice images using AI, then adds them to inventory after verification.

Other projects included a remote Chrome debugger in Golang for Puppeteer connections and a text extraction tool using OCR in Python.

Technologies used: MySQL, SolidStart, Kysely, gRPC, Tailwind, Bun, Zig, Golang, Python, TypeScript, Astro, Hono, NextJS, PWA

I joined a US-based startup BehumanAI where I developed many frontend UIs in SolidJS and did animation work with Framer Motion, Web Animation API, Motion libraries, WebSockets, and many other cool technologies.

I did some Rust programming on the backend and used SolidJS on the frontend. I learned about web standards and how to create websites that users actually love to use.

We created an AI video chat app where you can talk to an AI persona and the AI will respond live, all with WebSockets and the Audio API of browsers. I even rewrote a VAD package to clearly capture users’ voices: bhuman-vad-web.

It was so much fun working on cutting-edge AI technology and creating seamless user experiences.

Technologies used: SolidJS, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, WebSockets, Framer Motion, Motion.js, Web Animation APIs, Web Audio API, Rust

These were the finest years of my life. I started focusing on open source development and created many utilities, tools, plugins, libraries, themes, and templates to help other people.

I also started my own startup - a SaaS project designed to help newspaper PDF designers work faster. It was like Canva but for Adobe PDF software, streamlining the design process for print media.

Here are some of the tools and projects I developed during this period:

• Slack PWA Chrome Extension - A Chrome extension to install Slack web app as PWA (1k+ downloads)
• addwater - Contributed to this Gnome GTK app
• LSP-vtsls - Developed my own LSP provider for Sublime Text editor
• grapesjs-user-blocks - A plugin for drag and drop editor GrapesJS
• astro-decap-cms-starter - A theme template demonstrating how to integrate Decap CMS with Astro
• grapesjs-zoom-plugin - A GrapesJS plugin for zoom functionality
• quickpdf_dev - My desktop app written in Electron to create newspaper PDFs faster, an alternative to Adobe software
• WebquickPDF - Web version of quickPDF app
• tony_bot - A Discord bot
• grapesjs-fonts - A plugin for GrapesJS to add Google Fonts in drag and drop websites
• otf-apple-fonts - An Arch Linux package to install Apple SF font in Linux
• grapesjs - Contributed to GrapesJS
• windowsactivator - Created a script that can activate Windows 10

Technologies used: C, C++, Bash, Python, NestJS, Express, Firebase, MongoDB, Tailwind CSS, Rust, Hugo, Bootstrap, Electron, CircleCI, Astro, Dart, TypeScript.

As a freelance mobile and web developer, I developed multiple mobile applications using React Native and Flutter, and built various websites using React, NextJS, and Gatsby. Key projects include:

• Restaurant NextJS - A restaurant website built with NextJS
• PPI Flutter - A mobile application developed with Flutter
• Firstly - A React Native application developed with Expo. It was a news app where users can upload their articles and earn money with ads

Tech Stack: React Native, Expo, Flutter, NextJS, Firebase, TypeScript, NodeJS

I was a freelance WordPress developer who built many e-commerce and agency websites. I learned a lot about PHP, MySQL, servers, Linux, and many other things.

I hand-crafted some sites without any pre-made themes using WPBakery and other tools. I also did digital marketing and SEO work, which taught me about site speed and search engine ranking.

I still maintain those first sites of my career to this day.

Some sites I developed:

• theperfumeyard.com
• springorigin.in
• goldenblush.in

Tools used: PHP, MySQL, Hostinger, Digital Ocean, Bash, JavaScript, CSS, GraphQL.